Best day in NY yet

Caught a cab to the Minskoff theatre today where I saw THE LION KING ON BROADWAY. AHHHHH! After I swapped my reservation for the actual ticket, I had an hour to kill before coming back so I'd planned on looking around and then going to Bubba Gump next door for lunch (a reccomendation from a family friend. I WILL EAT THERE SOME TIME, JULIE!) only when I came back out onto the street, I realised I was directly opposite the giant Disney and Toys R Us stores. And near Sephora. And the MnM store. So I visited all them. It was very hard not buying anything, but my resolve stuck only because I'd packed my suitcase yesterday and holy apples, I will be lucky if I can get everything to Boston tomorrow (UPSing stuff home Tuesday morning).

Played a game in Times Square on a giant screen. CAN YOU
FIND ME IN THE PICTURE? (hint: I am in black and white)

Then I found half of Broadway had been closed off for a flea market. YAAAAY! I bought a GIANT smoothie made on the spot for $6 (strawberry, mango and pineapple. YUM) and that ended up being my lunch. Along with Reeses Pieces. Bought another pair of pj pants because you know I have an addiction, and I got them for $4 less than I should have because the shopkeeper and I got talking and turns out he has family in Sydney. ANOTHER POINT SCORED FOR BARGAIN-BASHER EM. Few shops later I bought an NYPD tshirt and then figured 'okay, I've spent enough today. Let's get back to the theatre now'. Only, I had forgotten about Broadway show merchandise. Oh man, that lady sure made a lotta money off me today!

The show was freaking amazing, and I made friends with the family next to me coz they asked if I was Aussie. I tell you, this accent is like a verbal VIP pass. People love Australians! Mate. ALSO ALSO ALSO HOLY BLANKETS I HAD PROBABLY THE SINGLE BEST SEAT IN ALL THE SHOW, AND FOR ABOUT $100 LESS THAN THE CRAPPIEST SEAT, THANKS TO MY INTERNATIONAL YOUTH CARD DISCOUNT. AHHHHH IT WAS JUST THE BEST VIEW EVER.

Caught another cab, this time to the other end of Broadway for the NYU bookstore where I bought a "sweatshirt" (jumper) and t-shirt. This is so I can feel smugly superior when I wear them back home, since American universities seems to be all the rage at Kmart and Target and stuff, and I'll be wearing the genuine stuff. Also because I'd looooooooooove to actually go to NYU to study writing - only I'd hate to actually live in NY so I guess that ain't gonna happen :\

Caught a cab home, had another (if you saw last night's fb status) chicken burrito for dinner with some greek yoghurt that made my face insanely attractive at our in-hostel cafe. And now here I am, reliving it all for you benefit. No need to thank me.